The Praise of a Trapped Prophet | Jeremiah 20:7–13 | Third Sunday After Pentecost

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June 21, 2020
The Third Sunday After Pentecost (YrA)

Psalm 91:1-10
Jeremiah 20:7-13
Romans 6:12-23
Matthew 10:5a, 21-33

Message presented by Rev. Frank C. Ruffatto

7 O Lord, you have deceived me,
    and I was deceived;
you are stronger than I,
    and you have prevailed.
I have become a laughingstock all the day;
    everyone mocks me.
8 For whenever I speak, I cry out,
    I shout, “Violence and destruction!”
For the word of the Lord has become for me
    a reproach and derision all day long.
9 If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
    shut up in my bones,
and I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.
10 For I hear many whispering.
    Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
    say all my close friends,
    watching for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we can overcome him
    and take our revenge on him.”
11 But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior;
    therefore my persecutors will stumble;
    they will not overcome me.
They will be greatly shamed,
    for they will not succeed.
Their eternal dishonor
    will never be forgotten.
12 O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous,
    who sees the heart and the mind,[a]
let me see your vengeance upon them,
    for to you have I committed my cause.

13 Sing to the Lord;
    praise the Lord!
For he has delivered the life of the needy
    from the hand of evildoers.

Jeremiah 20: 7–13

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ⁱBackground and Study material – Rev. Robert M. Zagore, executive director, LCMS Office of National Mission, St. Louis, Missouri – Concordia Pulpit Resources Volume 30, Part 3, Year A, electronic version